Collocations for detect - verb

early, late
A lot of cancers can now be cured if they are detected early.

quickly | easily, readily
Some substances can be detected fairly easily.

accurately

be able to, be sensitive enough to, can
a machine that is sensitive enough to detect tiny amounts of explosives

be unable to | be designed to | fail to
The test failed to detect any illegal substances.

be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | be easy to, be possible to | be used to

be capable of detecting sth, a means/method/way of detecting sth